Improvement in carousals or roundabouts



n. STEEL. cARoUsAL, on. RoUNDABoUT. v No.171,s7a. Minuteman-4,1876.

N. PEERS. FHDTO-UTHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ROBERT STEEL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAROUSALS CR-ROUNDABOUTS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 171,878, dated January 4, 1876; application filed November 27, 1875.

To all 'whom 'it may concern: g

Be it known that I, ROBERT STEEL, of the city and county ot' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Ship Oarousal or Roundabout, of which the following is a specilcation:A i

Figure l is a top view ot' my improved device, part being removed and part being broken away to show the construction; and Fig.' 2 is a cross-section ot' the same, taken throughl thel line .fc x, Fig. l.

yand the balls or wheels and their supports,

with the revolving Wheel and the rig'ged vessel, as hereinafterfully described.

A is a large wheel, the hub of which revolves upon a stationary post, B. To the under side of the rim ot' the wheel A are attached, or upon it are formed, teeth O, which mesh into the teeth of a small gear-wheel, D, attached to a shaft, E, which works in bearings in posts or other supports, F, and to the outer end of which is attached a crank, G, or other means for applying power. To the Wheel A is attached a full-rigged vessel, H, upon which the children are received, and which may be rigged as a sail or steam vessel, as may be desired. At one side of the Wheel A is erected a landing or platform, I, for thel passengers y entering or leaving the vessel H, and which is provided with a stationaryladder or plank, J, for ascending to or descending from the vessel. The surface of the Wheel A is covered with va cloth, K, which surrounds the vessel H, and is painted to represent waves. L are balls or Wheels pivoted to stationary supports M, placed beneath the wheel A, and Which-are made of such a height that the cloth K may rest upon them, so that, as the wheel A is revolved, the rollers L may give a movement to the cloth K,'.causing it to have the appearance of waves in motion, and giving to the device the appearance of `a vessel upon the sea. The rim ot' the Wheel Ais supported in a horizontal position by rollers N,

pivoted lto posts O, placed at suitable distances apart to fully support the Wheel.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pateilt- 1. A roundabout or -carousal composed, essentially, of a rigged vessel, H', with a revolving wheel, A, and its driving mechanism, all

constructed 'and `arranged substantially as herein shown and described.

2. rlhe combination of the cloth K, painted to represent Waves, and ythe balls or Wheels L and their supportsl M, with the wheel A and the' rigged vessel H, substantially as herein 

